Bauhinia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q287313
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Bauhinia

Summary

Bauhinia is a taxon[1]. Bauhinia ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (407 views/month, #1,486 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bauhinia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bauhinia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Bauhinia belongs to the parent taxon Bauhiniinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Bauhinia is Bauhinia[6].
  • Bauhinia's Commons category is recorded as Bauhinia[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Bauhinia is Bauhinia divaricata[8].
  • Bauhinia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bauhinia[9].
  • Bauhinia's Commons gallery is recorded as Bauhinia[10].
  • Bauhinia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Bauhinia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 39[12].
  • Bauhinia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • Bauhinia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1337[14].
  • Bauhinia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'bauhinia'}[15].
  • Bauhinia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '羊蹄甲属'}[16].
  • Bauhinia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '羊蹄甲属'}[17].
  • Bauhinia is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bauhinija'}[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Bauhinia is Bauhinia[6]. Bauhinia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Bauhinia belongs to the parent taxon Bauhiniinae[5]. The taxonomic type of Bauhinia is Bauhinia divaricata[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'bauhinia'}[15], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '羊蹄甲属'}[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '羊蹄甲属'}[17], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bauhinija'}[18].

Identifiers

Bauhinia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68226[19]. Bauhinia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3805[20]. Bauhinia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39939313[21]. Bauhinia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2952935[22]. Bauhinia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 26490[23].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Bauhinia include Silver Bauhinia Star[24], an award[25], in People's Republic of China[26], founded in 1997[27].

Why It Matters

Bauhinia ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (407 views/month, #1,486 of 195,241).[2] Bauhinia has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Bauhinia is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for Bauhinia include Silver Bauhinia Star[24], an award[25], in People's Republic of China[26], founded in 1997[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 39. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Taxon rank genus
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    Image Bauhinia variegata (Kachnar) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 1463.jpg, Bauhinia tree.jpg
    Taxonomic type Bauhinia divaricata
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